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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fletcher class destroyer
		The Fletcher class (named for Admiral Frank F. Fletcher) was the largest class of destroyer ordered, and was also one of the most successful and popular with the destroyer men themselves.
		The USS Charrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher class destroyer built at the Boston Naval Shipyard and commissioned in the United States Navy on May 18, 1943.
		Fletcher class destroyers were the first to break with design practices that had developed as a result of the London Treaty of 1930.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fletcher-class-destroyer (6402 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy
		This is a list of destroyer classes of the United States Navy.
		In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers.
		Destroyers (with a DD hull classification symbol) primarily perform anti-submarine warfare duty while guided missile destroyers (DDGs) are multi-mission (anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface warfare) surface combatants.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-destroyer-classes-of-the-United-States-Navy (302 words)

	U.S. Destroyers
		The oldest American destroyer to do so was a part of the class of 1000 ton four-stack destroyers that were the predecessors of the flushdeckers.
		This class, the Farraguts, was in all respects superior to the flushdeckers.
		In light of the changing nature of destroyer warfare, with an emphasis on screening and away from attacking, the Sims class returned to the general layout of the Mahan class in guns and torpedoes.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/destroyers (1121 words)

	Destroyer History — Introduction
		Fourth-generation destroyer USS Buchanan, DD 484, in 1942.
		State-of-the-art destroyers as World War Two began were the Japanese “special type.” The first of these were the Fubuki class; with heavy gun and torpedo armament, enclosed double turrets and a low silhouette, their design became the prototype for all subsequent Japanese destroyer construction.
		Destroyer construction resumed in 1932, Over the next seven years, the US built several third-generation destroyer classes, collectively the “1500-tonners,” all of which featured this new 5-inch gun on a 340-to-350-foot high-forecastle hull that could exceed 35 knots.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /destroyers/introduction.html (1698 words)

	USS Porter (DD-356), Porter-class destroyer leader
		The third USS Porter, DD 356, was laid down with Selfridge, McDougal and Winslow at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ, 18 December 1933.
		Later, Porter was a member of the Board of Navy Commissioners and led an expedition to suppress piracy in the West Indies 1823–25.
		The fourth USS Porter, DD 800, 1944–1972, was a 2100-ton Fletcher-class destroyer laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington 6 July 1943, launched 13 March 1944 and commissioned 24 June.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/ussporter.html (793 words)

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		The Royal Navy had built destroyer leaders, which were enlarged versions of a standard destroyer class to allow the housing and operation of extra command and staff personnel for the squadron or flotilla command.
		The USN had nothing similar, as their destroyer classes were homogeneous and the navy had very few light or scout cruisers for such a task.
		Several designs for large destroyer leaders were developed up to 2,200 tons in displacement but in light of the large numbers of flush deck destroyers constructed or still under construction, Congress refused to fund any construction of new destroyer leaders.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigPorterPreWar.htm (2007 words)

	USS Porter (DDG 78)
		David Porter, born 1 February 1780 in Boston, Mass., served in the Quasi War with France first as midshipman on board Constellation, participating in the capture of L'lnsurgente 9 February 1799; secondly, as 1st lieutenant of Experiment and later in command of Amphitrite.
		Porter did not leave Mississippi until his successful support of General Grant's siege of Vicksburg was completed with General Pemberton's surrender in July 1863.
		Admiral Porter urged the importance of protecting the coast approaches to all the large cities of the United States, with heavily armored minitors, carrying the heaviest guns.
	navysite.de /dd/ddg78.htm (1033 words)

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	Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 12, the "Scrapperoos" in World War II
		In mid-1942, fourteen ships of the Navy’s newest class of destroyer were assigned to the Pacific in two groups—the four ships of Destroyer Division 22 arriving together from Destroyer Squadron 11 in the Atlantic; nine ships of new construction following in ones and twos, later organized as Destroyer Squadron 12.
		Seventy-three of these were “1500-tonners” of the Farragut through Sims classes and 1850-ton leaders of the Porter and Somers classes; the remainder were ships of the nearly-identical Benson (DD 421) and Gleaves (DD 423) classes, authorized beginning in fiscal year 1938.
		Commissioned by early 1941, they were assigned to Destroyer Squadrons 7, 11 (Destroyer Divisions 21 and 22) and 13 serving in the Atlantic.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /desron12 (1142 words)

	DD-356 Porter class
		The main problem which these ships were to deal with was the lack of available light cruisers to aid the other destroyers in their torpedo attacks; the main mission of the new leaders would be to use their gun armament to break through the enemy screen and allow the following destroyers to do likewise.
		By late 1930, the unanimous opinion of the fleet was that a large destroyer was needed to take over some of the duties of the preferable, but hard-to-get, light cruisers.
		Porter was lost in October 1942, escorting Hornet; she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/destroyers/porter.htm (843 words)

	Porter-class destroyer leaders in World War II
		Porter-class destroyer leaders in World War II Eight handsome ships of the Porter class were, in effect, enlarged versions of the Farraguts, with a better machinery arrangement and an increased main battery.
		McDougal, Winslow and Moffett operated in the Atlantic throughout World War II while in the Pacific, Phelps, Selfridge, Porter and Balch entered the war as flagships of DesRons 1, 4, 5 and 6 respectively.
		Porter was torpedoed and lost at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942; Selfridge was torpedoed but saved in the night action at Vella Lavella a year later.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/porterclass.html (347 words)

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		It was finally decided that the heavy destroyer main gun upgrade could be put on hold until sufficient equipment and facilities were available, at which time the recommended weapons fit would be for twin DP mounts at the low positions and single DP mounts at the superfiring positions.
		The process of upgrading the AA fits of the warships of the USN began before the attack on Pearl Harbor and was still underway in September 1945 at the end of the war.
		By mid to late 1942 the class would be up to the full two 1.1-inch mounts and five 20mm mounts as provided in the kit.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigPorterEarlyWar.htm (2148 words)

	Fletcher class destroyer - Definition, explanation
		Many of the ships were sold to other navies after the war and continued service throughout the world into the 1990s.
		The Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes are derivatives of the Fletcher class.
		Fletcher class destroyer that received ten battle stars, nine for World...
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	Destroyer Command - Shipyard
		Although the U.S. Navy possessed the largest fleet of destroyers in the world, it desired a class of ships which could serve as destroyer "leaders", mainly due to the lack of light cruisers with which to fill that role.
		Built to the treaty limit of 1850 tons for "leaders", the Porters originally had 8 5-inch single-purpose guns in 4 turrets, but these were replaced by the 6 heavier, but more useful dual-purpose guns and the heavier AA armament for wartime service.
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	Porter class destroyer Information
		The Porter-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,850-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.
		The first four ships were laid down in 1933 by New York Shipbuilding and the next four in 1934 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts.
		They were built in response to the large destroyers that the Japanese Navy was building at the time, and were initially intended to be leaders of destroyer flotillas.
	www.bookrags.com /Porter-class_destroyer (170 words)

	Destroyer History — Photo index
		This collection contains photos of selected flush-deck destroyers and all 444 destroyers and 12 destroyer-minelayers commissioned between 1930 and the end of World War II, plus additional Allen M. Sumner- and
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		• Bainbridge and Truxtun; Virginia and California classes — the 6 ships designated as nuclear guided missile frigates until 1975.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /destroyers/photos.html (356 words)

	HyperWar: US Navy Destroyers, 1940-45
		"Destroyers for Bases" -- ships transferred to Great Britain as a result of the Destroyers for Bases agreement (1940): USN names, RN names and pennant numbers, final dispositions
		United States Destroyer Operations in World War II, by Theodore Roscoe (ISBN: 0-87021-726-7), published by the Naval Institute Press, 1953
		Also known as Benson, Livermore, and Bristol (1940 Bensons and late Livermores) class.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/ships-dd.html (853 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Porter class Destroyers
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		USS Porter (i) (DD 356) (lost 26 Oct, 1942)
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